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1. 1 藏 Hidden in Midsummer 藏于盛夏 Autumn Chill秋日凉Modern Romance308k WordsCompleted A heads-up before you start ❗️: One of the side couples is a gay couple, so please skip this if that bothers you. [The print edition under the same title is now available] [Healing × Love that grows over time × Angsty school romance] Sweet, gentle, well-behaved student × rebellious, handsome bad boy That midsummer seemed hotter than any before. The girl in the graduation photo smiled sweetly, with a boy in a white shirt grinning boldly behind her. They met in midsummer, and parted in midsummer t 84.8kReads9.6Score14.8kShelves

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   🍷🍷A story that made me cry❣️. The first one made me cry to death. I really thought she was back. The ending suddenly stabbed me💔. I thought it was a sweet story. But in the last chapter, the knife was caught off guard. It penetrated very deeply. It penetrated my worried nest directly. I cried until I couldn't breathe.

2. 2 潇 The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain 潇潇雨声迟 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance120k WordsCompleted Years after graduation, a gossip post begins circulating on the message board for City Experimental School. The school's 2011 beauty, Ye Xiao, and its most handsome boy from the same year, Ruan Yusheng, are a couple. Their classmates, who know them well, rush over to set the record straight: it's pure rumor. There was never any spark between the two of them. Ye Xiao's profile even says, “Person I hate most: Ruan Yusheng.” People in the know go so far as to say, “Ye Xiao feels nothing but hatred 89.5kReads9.7Score14.9kShelves
3. 3 他 He Is in the South of the Clouds 他在云之南 Jing Xing景行Modern Romance209k WordsCompleted When they first met, he was shrouded in shadow, reeking of blood and violence. He asked her, “Who are you? Where are you from? What are you doing here?” It was a long time before she thought of the true answer: “I'm Shen Xun. I came from the far north to the south of the clouds, to meet the love of my life.” He was her Morpheus, giving her a poppy-like dream of love, bewitching and intoxicating. He captured her soul, clouded her mind, and made her addicted. Like a pawn crossing a river, she went 24.9kReads9.7Score4.9kShelves
4. 4 宫 The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳 Dream Doll梦娃Ancient Romance166k WordsCompleted Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held 55.5kReads9.7Score8.2kShelves
5. 5 你 You Broke Your Promise 你失信了 Shi Qingyao十清杳Modern Romance138k WordsCompleted The acclaimed signature work You Broke Your Promise by popular author Shi Qingyao, now with 40,000 new words of never-before-published content! Sensitive girl Xiang Yu VS golden boy Song Huaishi. I had to play out the whole secret-crush story, so I loved him year after year. It was an ordinary day. Just as she closed her eyes, Xiang Yu suddenly thought of Song Huaishi: Song Huaishi, neat in his clothes and radiating warmth. Song Huaishi at seventeen. Still in his school uniform, he leaned lazily 64.3kReads9.5Score12.1kShelves
6. 6 以 I Offer My Devotion to the Passing Years 以我深情祭岁月 Er Qiao二乔Modern Romance324k WordsCompleted [The physical book with the same title is now available] “I hesitated once. I turned back to face the slightest glimmer of hope, yet no one cared.” “Later, a thick fog rolled in. You said you loved me so much, but why was your love thinner than the fog, so faint I could barely see it?” Shen Nian 71.6kReads9.4Score6.4kShelves
7. 7 暗 The Sad Little Thing Called Unrequited Love 暗恋这件难过的小事 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance122k WordsCompleted Lin Xu has a crush on the popular boy Ye Feng, and she remembers countless little details about him. Every day, Lin Xu times her departure down to the second, getting dressed and putting on her shoes in a hurry, all for the chance to catch a fleeting glimpse of his back. The music playing during the long break outside her classroom is Xu Song’s “Moon over Luzhou.” Lin Xu knows it’s the favorite song of Ye Feng, the school radio station’s announcer. Lin Xu has even stayed up all night organizing 70.9kReads9.7Score12.8kShelves
8. 8 软 A Gentle Seduction 软诱 Jiujiu Qi久久萋Modern Romance454k WordsCompleted The print edition of Rose Crown goes on sale August 10. Available on all platforms. [Married First, Love Later + Secret Crush + He Chases His Wife After Losing Her, But She Never Looks Back + Both Are Each Other’s First] She was the Xu family’s adopted daughter, and Zhou Yuetian’s little shadow. She had followed him everywhere since childhood, until she heard him say this at the age of twenty-four: “She’s just the Xu family’s adopted daughter. Why would I actually care about her? People like us 73kReads9.6Score8.8kShelves
9. 9 行 Late in the Day 行止晚 Zhi Er织尔Ancient Romance138k WordsCompleted [Devoted love + emperor and empress + tragic palace romance] 145,000 readers gave it top ratings, and countless readers cried their way through it! The year’s breakout historical romance, a heartache readers can’t forget. A clear-eyed, sweet empress VS a proud emperor whose love never wavers. Born into the imperial family, how can everything ever go as you wish? May we remain together forever, and may I keep you safe and at peace. A gentleman’s word is his bond. In a daze, I saw the moon rise. 24.8kReads9.5Score3.3kShelves
10. 10 重 Reborn as the Villainess, I Run Away Pregnant, and the Cold, Powerful Official Pursues Me to the Ends of the Earth 重生女配带球跑，清冷权臣追断腿 Chestnut, Chestnut, Chestnut, Chestnut栗子栗子栗栗子Ancient Romance301k WordsCompleted [The Wife-Chasing Crematorium, the Second Male Lead Takes the Crown] On the day Fu Ci married, Jiang Wan went into a difficult labor. As she lay at death’s door, she thought back on her brief life and could only feel that it had all been absurd and laughable. Her father was a treacherous minister. After his crimes were exposed, his entire clan was sentenced to execution. Fu Ci was a brilliant prodigy, the youngest prime minister in the realm. For her sake, he set aside his pride and knelt in the 11.4kReads8.9Score642Shelves

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    🍁🍁On the day Fu Ci got married, Jiang Wan had difficulty giving birth. When I was dying, I thought back on my short life and felt it was absurd and ridiculous. Her father was a traitor and was sentenced to death by nine clans after his defeat. Fu Ci was extremely talented and the youngest prime minister, but he put aside his pride and knelt in the imperial study for three days and three nights, just to keep her safe. The Fu family has been married for generations, and the daughter of a guilty minister cannot be the mistress of the family. In a small sedan chair, she, who was Fu Ci's fiancée, was carried into Fu's mansion as a concubine. Time flies, and it is three years. It seems like it was just yesterday that we vowed to make each other, but Fu Ci is getting married. When life came to an end, Jiang Wan regretted it.

11. 11 愿 May We Never Fade 愿我们永不凋零 Shen Love Jiang沈Love江Two Male Leads33k WordsCompleted Main story: Jiang Si and Jiang Yi's tale of love and hatred They're both outstanding, yet everyone only notices Jiang Si. Unwilling to remain a “shadow,” Jiang Yi gradually drifts apart from Jiang Si. Side story: Han Yu and Lin Jin's journey toward redemption A sweet romance between an ice queen and a ray of sunshine Reuniting was fate. The main story is complete, and bonus chapters are being added regularly. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    May we never wither, a book filled with a sense of fate. It pulls the sadistic heart and reverses it in place, and the characters are not flat. Come and follow it~

12. 12 我 My Elders 我的长辈 Lion Mound狮子墩Modern Romance335k WordsCompleted In the 1980s, as people flock to the cities, all kinds of stories unfold! Mu Fang suffers from asthma, so many people keep their distance. After several unsuccessful matchmaking attempts, she meets someone on a day when sleet begins to fall. It feels like fate has brought them together, and they fall in love at first sight. Defying her family’s objections, Mu Fang marries her second uncle, who is more than ten years her senior. She never looks down on him for being poor and from the countryside, 263Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Take a look at this book. I can basically finish it.

13. 13 鼠 The Rat King Forced Me to Cultivate, and I Got Rich Across Worlds by Snagging Bargains 鼠王逼我修仙，我靠捡漏暴富万界 A Traveler in a Famine Year荒年客Urban792k WordsOngoing [Ordinary Mortal's Treasure-Hunting Cultivation] [Treasure Hunts and Mysteries] [Secret-Realm Expeditions] [Unearthing Treasures Across the Myriad Worlds] [Laid-Back Immortal Cultivation] [Secret-Realm Dungeon Adventures] [Lighthearted and Relaxed] Qin Lie: “Immortal, demon, or Buddha, I don't care. Anyone who gets in the way of my treasure hunt and path to immortality dies!” Treasure-Hunting Mouse: “Kid, you've got a big mouth!” Qin Lie: “If we can't kill them, we'll just run!” From antique s 12.7kReads8.1Score1.3kShelves

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    A very beautiful and addictive novel. Chapter 123 has been updated. The protagonist Qin Xianyu finally walked out of the original secret realm. Came to the colorful world outside. Can you guys predict how many days he can stay outside? Where will his next stop be?

14. 14 救 Help! This Lousy System Is Making Me Found a Sect! 救命！这破系统让我开宗立派！ The Crying of Xiao Xiao萧萧之鸣Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to another world as a sickly man, the male lead triggers a System: if he fails to save twenty people within three years, he’ll die of his illness. He sets off on a journey to save people, meeting one lovely confidante after another along the way. In the end, he’s forced to found a sect and finds his happy ending. (This is not a cultivation novel.) The premise is fairly fresh, leaving behind the traditional level-up-and-fight-monsters formula. The protagonist is frail at firs 29.2kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves

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    Come on, come on, this is good

15. 15 我 I'm Good! Please Don't Hurt Me! 我很乖！请你不要来伤害！ Liu Li Fei Cheng刘李菲程Modern Romance690k WordsOngoing [Contemporary fiction] [Ensemble of women] [Scheming] [Red and Black] [Playing dumb while taking down enemies] [Clear-eyed heroine] A must-read for anyone born in the seventies, eighties, or nineties! This is a northern take on The Red and the Black, set in a glittering world of fame and fortune where everyone wears a false mask. The heroine seems sweet and obedient on the surface, but she sees things more clearly than anyone! She can live without love, but not without money! She can put up with 68Reads8.8Score—Shelves
16. 16 接 Pick Up the Phone! No, Mom 接电话啊！不了，妈妈 Young Uncle年轻的叔叔Mystery190k WordsCompleted This is not an isolated tragedy, but the “acceptable” waste produced by a finely tuned social machine. Reporter Lin Yue goes through the files of four children: a prodigy in Beijing, a dreamer in Hangzhou, a top student in Nanjing, and the pride of a small town. She discovers that what pushed them to the brink was not failure, but precisely the “one right path” to success laid out for them by their families, schools, and society. The report ultimately reveals how we conspired as a society to tur —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Take a look at these books, can you understand them?

17. 17 1 Reborn with 1.87 Million in Debt 187W负债重生 Young Uncle年轻的叔叔Urban291k WordsCompleted Chen Mo is a Beijing guy who used to have it good. Then the pandemic hit, his business went under, and he wound up buried in debt, including online loans. The collection calls came more reliably than his alarm clock. He thought his life was pretty much over. But guess what? Someone was willing to pay for his “experience of failure.” Turns out, taking that fall landed him a whole new line of work. Where were these people when he needed them before? This is a story about digging yourself out from 21Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 18 您 Hello, System 您好，系统 Young Uncle年轻的叔叔Urban239k WordsCompleted The Human Devolution Report: Don't be fooled by this civilized getup. We're all lining up to take part in a grand pantomime of devolution. We meekly surrender our right to get lost, hand over our memory cards, and even turn our joys and sorrows into ready-made meals you can eat straight from the packet. Five poor souls twisted into knots by the times: an old sailor bets his life in a storm as the satellites fail; a gourmet can no longer taste the warmth of his father's last bowl of hand-pulled n 2Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 枫 Maple's Flight 枫飞记 Deputy Yuan, Who Loves Carambola Wine爱吃杨桃酒的袁副Modern Romance293k WordsCompleted A hilarious, unconventional campus novel with unhinged leads, a touch of mystery, and a romance that blossoms over time. Chapter Two describes the heroine's dream, which also foreshadows a future crisis. Don't let it scare you off, folks! No System, no transmigration: surviving in a harsh future school! Watch the heroine tackle bizarre classes and deal with bizarre exams! At a campus five hundred years in the future, the heroine Chen Fengfeng and the hero Yang Fei go from loathing each other at 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Try this alternative youth campus article

20. 20 虎 The Tiger Roars Across the Central Plains 虎啸中州 Beautiful Mongolian美美的蒙人Urban158k WordsCompleted Three cups of wine for the mortal world, one pot of tea for a legacy that lasts a thousand years. What does it mean to truly live? Let me tell you what it means to unleash a ferocious tiger. Some ride horses, some sit in sedan chairs, while others push carts and shoulder their loads. I’ve never admitted defeat. You can beat me a thousand times, but I still won’t cry!!! 133Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Tiger roars in Zhongzhou!!!

21. 21 十 I Wasted Ten Years of Youth on a Dog 十年的青春喂了狗 Madam Nuoxiang诺湘夫人Marriage & Romance12k WordsCompleted Ten years of youth, wasted on a dog. 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    High scores are not necessarily good, but the new book is definitely thoughtful

22. 22 倚 Leaning on the Perilous Pavilion 倚危庭 Smiling Eyes Amid Peach Blossoms桃花深处眉眼弯弯Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Just how hard is it to raise an outstanding young woman? That depends on who’s raising her. If an entire clan, or even a whole country, throws its support behind her, that’s another matter entirely. Ye Qingjiu is a woman with all sorts of jumbled memories and a knack for baffling people with her behavior. She thinks she’s clever, until she somehow gets married and finally realizes Li Tingye has been playing her all along... 5.8kReads9.4Score665Shelves

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    I'll give you what I have collected. No thanks if you take it.

23. 23 你 You and I, Heart to Heart 你侬我侬 Smiling Eyes Amid Peach Blossoms桃花深处眉眼弯弯Ancient Romance322k WordsCompleted A hazy dream left Qiaoqiao unable to see things clearly, but one thing was certain: Mo Henghuan was a massive scumbag! So why wait? She should dump him! But why did trouble follow right on his heels, and why was it so hard to deal with? Well, having an ally was important, and the heir of the Bai family seemed like a good choice. But I’m only joining forces with you, not marrying you. How about we renegotiate the terms? The Bai heir: “Qiaoqiao, whether we’re cooperating or plotting together, you 2.9kReads9.5Score416Shelves
24. 24 朵 The Legend of Duoyi 朵依传 Smiling Eyes Amid Peach Blossoms桃花深处眉眼弯弯Ancient Romance538k WordsCompleted A girl who grew up in hardship is fortunate enough to be acknowledged by the Khan and become the flower of the grasslands. To protect her people, she is sent away as a princess to marry a Khitan king in his fifties, exiled to the desolate frontier. There, she struggles through hardship alongside A Yan, whose fate has been just as cruel. Together, they fight their way out of darkness and toward the dawn. Family, lovers, tribe, homeland: when looking back on the years gone by, which of these is th 310Reads9.4Score106Shelves

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